After he finished his 2012 sold-out tours in the USA and UK, GRAMMY-nommer and pop icon Adam Ant released his first album in 17 years called “Adam Ant is The Blueblack Hussar in Marrying The Gunner’s Daughter”, and will be touring North America later this year.

“Cool Zombie” backstory: Most people don’t know that Adam lived in the tiny town of Dayton, Tennessee almost by accident. Adam and his girlfriend were en route to Las Vegas, but made a detour in life (Literally), bought a house, married and started a family instead.

· He’s crowned music charts worldwide with massive hits including “Goody Two Shoes”, “Stand and Deliver”, “Wonderful” and “Room at the Top” (Globally, he once had eight singles in the Top 40 in one week).

· He recently joined The Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Florence and the Machine and others at the sold-out, 50,000-person Music Midtown festival in Atlanta.

· He was once voted Sexiest Man Alive by MTV viewers and is one of the most well-known faces of the 80s.

· Did you know … The Sex Pistols played their first-ever show opening for Adam’s pre-Ant college band called Bazooka Joe and Michael Jackson took his fashion inspiration for his signature military jackets directly from Adam.